Population 331 (2011) Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Thursday 11:46 AM District Daventry District UK parliament constituency Kettering | OS grid reference SP7383 Country England Post town Market Harborough Shire county Northamptonshire Dialling code 01858 | |
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Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people, increasing to 331 at the 2011 Census.
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Map of Great Oxendon, Market Harborough, UK
Its eastern end is on the A508 road from Market Harborough to Northampton but most of the village is at 90° to the main road's north-south direction. The former railway tunnel at Great Oxendon is now open as part of the Brampton Valley Way.
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Clipston and Oxendon railway station about one mile south-east of the village and with running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.
Little Oxendon is a deserted medieval village about one mile north of Great Oxendon at grid reference SP730846.
Notable buildings
The Historic England website contains details of a total of four listed buildings in the parish of Great Oxendon, all of which are Grade II apart from St Helen’s Church, which is Grade II*. They are: